I would like to reverse the comment pagination numbers so that the newest comments show on page 1 instead of the last page. I did an array_reverse for the comments_array and set the Wordpress Discussion Settings to first page displayed by default - everything works fine except when someone leaves a comment it doesn't take in consideration the array_reverse and it takes the user to the link where the comment would be without the array reverse and obviously the comment is not there.

Yes, but you don't get the newest comments on page 1 - you get them on the last page. And as I mentioned I did a array reverse and that makes them appear on page 1, but then the problem becomes when someone submits a comment they get redirected to the wrong comment page.
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bfszmJun 15 '12 at 8:46